Whatever else you might think of Zack Snyder as a storyteller, he’s always had a knack for crafting striking imagery, and that holds true in his latest effort, Netflix’s Twilight of the Gods. Stone Quarry Animation casts the Norse mythology retelling in vibrant colors and elegant, expressive lines that turn into awesome monsters towering over scenic vistas, or enormous battlefields punctuated by bursts of lightning, explosions of gore and slow-motion leaps through the air.
As a work simply to be looked at, it’s a thing of beauty. Alas, as one to get emotionally invested in, it’s rather more lacking. The saga is chock-full of larger-than-life characters who seem plenty interesting, but short on the patience it’d take to actually get to know them. As a result, it rings hollow, even as its heroes and villains go about the weighty business of reshaping the universe.
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